page_title: 4780th Air Defense Wing
hierarchical_section_title: 4780th Air Defense Wing
caption_attribution_description: English: 4780th Air Defense Wing Convair F-102A-75-CO Delta Dagger 56-1411
context_page_description: The 4780th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Weapons Center at Perrin Air Force Base, Texas, where it was discontinued in 1971. The wing was organized in 1962 when Air Defense Command assumed the interceptor pilot training mission from Air Training Command.
  The 4780th assumed the personnel, equipment, and mission of ATC's 3555th Flying Training Wing, which was simultaneously discontinued. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the wing maintained aircraft on alert in Texas and Florida. The wing was discontinued in 1971 when ADC concentrated all its fighter crew training at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Between 1965 and 1969, the wing was twice awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its mission performance,
context_section_description: The 4780th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force organization.  Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Weapons Center at Perrin Air Force Base, Texas, where it was discontinued in 1971.  The wing was organized in 1962 when Air Defense Command (ADC) assumed the interceptor pilot training mission from Air Training Command (ATC).
  The 4780th assumed the personnel, equipment, and mission of ATC's 3555th Flying Training Wing, which was simultaneously discontinued.  During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the wing maintained aircraft on alert in Texas and Florida. The wing was discontinued in 1971 when ADC concentrated all its fighter crew training at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.  Between 1965 and 1969, the wing was twice awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its mission performance,
caption: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger at Perrin AFB, Texas
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